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【題目】 I’ve never been the kind of person to say，“It’s the thought counts”（貴在心意）when it comes to gifts. That was until a couple of weeks ago when my kids gave me a present that blew me away.

For years now. I’ve been wanting to sell our home，the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me，this house is much more than just building.

In the front room，there is a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines，marking the progress of my children’s growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey，with each child’s name and the date on which they were measured. Of all the objects and all the memories，It’s this one thing that’s the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights that has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears，but erasing that evidence（證據(jù)）of motherhood hurts more than it should. Our kids grow in so many ways，but the wall is a piece of physical evidence of their progress，right there for everyone to see.

Over the years，I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved，even thought the last marks were made ten years ago when my kids stopped growing.

So one day，my children decided to do something about it.

They hired Jacquie Manning，a professional photographer whose work is about capturing（拍攝）the beautiful things in life，from clear lakes and skies to diamonds and ball gowns. She came to our house while I was at work，and over several hours，took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines，little grey fingerprints and old marks. Somehow，she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards，she put all the photos together into one image（影像），turning them into a beautiful history of my family.

Three weeks later，my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size-photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents（代表）love and growth.

【1】What was the hardest thing to leave behind when the author planned to move?

A.The presents friends gave her.B.Some expensive objects.

C.Some old photos.D.The pencil lines and fingerprints on a wall.

【2】Who came up with the idea of the photo gift?

A.A professional photographer.B.The author herself.

C.The author’s children.D.The author’s friends.

【3】We can include from the article that the author .

A.was strongly against selling her home

B.was not happy with the gift from her family

C.measures her children’s heights every Christmas

D.put great love and care in raising her children

【4】The author used the example of her friends（in paragraph 4）to .

A.persuade her family to leave the wall as it was

B.stress the meaning of keeping good memories

C.explain why her house needed a new paint job

D.share her memory of being a mother with her readers

【5】The main purpose of the article is to .

A.give advice on picking gifts for parents

B.introduce effective ways of communicating with children

C.explain why memories of love and growth are important

D.recommend a unique way of recording family history

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文介紹了作者因為墻上有幾百條鉛筆線，標志著孩子的成長，所以他舍不得這些鉛筆線，而不愿意搬家。他的孩子找了攝影師，拍下了那幾百條鉛筆線，小小的灰色指紋和舊的痕跡。她把所有的照片放在一起，制成了一個影像資料，把它們變成了家庭的美麗歷史。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù) “In the front room，there is a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines，……It’s this one thing that’s the hardest to leave behind.”可知，當作者想要搬家時，墻上的鉛筆線和指紋是最難留下的東西，故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Three weeks later，my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size-photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents（代表）love and growth.”可知，作者的孩子們想出了真人版的鉛筆線和指紋的照片，作為禮物的主意。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中介紹了作者在墻上用鉛筆標出孩子每年成長的高度，因此他舍不得除去，也因為這個不愿意搬家，從中可以看出他對孩子的愛。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights that has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears，but erasing that evidence（證據(jù)）of motherhood hurts more than it should.”可知，我認識的一些朋友下班回家后，發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的“高墻”剛剛粉刷過。一項新的粉刷工作通常不會讓人熱淚盈眶，但抹去做母親的痕跡會讓人更傷心。因此這是強調保留記憶的重要性，故選B。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Somehow，she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly.”和“Three weeks later，my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size-photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents（代表）love and growth.”可知，本文主要是為了解釋為什么愛和成長的記憶是重要的，故選C。

認真閱讀題干，根據(jù)題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題2，根據(jù)“Three weeks later，my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size-photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents（代表）love and growth.”可知，作者的孩子們想出了拍攝真人版的鉛筆線和指紋的照片，作為禮物的主意。故選C。